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of that colour. Wing it with two hackle points from a 

 very pale blue dun cock, almost white, and let the legs be 

 of the same colour. Or it may be dressed buzz with a 

 pale grizzled hackle, like the red spinner, No. 6. 



XVIII. THE INTERMEDIATE. 

 (Fig. xviii. p. 339.) 



I use this name to denote a class of delicate flies which I 

 use with considerable success in summer fishing. 



Everyone must have noticed how the different duns seem 

 to run by different gradations from one kind into another, so 

 that sometimes a fly picked off the water cannot definitely be 

 named according to any of the standards of classification, and 

 yet it bears a considerable resemblance to several flies we are 

 accustomed to call by name. I have found it very useful to 

 tie various horsehair detached bodies of pale and delicate tints, 

 and then match these with wings and hackle ; choosing different 

 shades of honey dun, light buff, or olive for legs, and varying 

 the colour of the wings so as to suit the rest of the fly. 



I take immense pains over these patterns, and, by constantly 

 studying the changes in the natural insects, am enabled to pro- 

 duce delicate and life-like artificials which frequently bring a 

 good fish to my basket after he has steadily refused to be 

 tempted by other flies. 



This list is, I think, comprehensive enough. Some will 

 think it needlessly long, and others will miss some favourite 

 pattern of their own special fancy. But, in giving my opinion 

 on the subject of flies, I have described those which my own 

 book contains, and a supply of which I always like to keep up 

 to working order. If they are dressed of suitable size, and are 

 used with fine gut, they will suffice to give sport if sport is to 

 be had. Anyone who fails with such a list as this will, I am 

 convinced, find fly fishing generally an unprofitable pursuit. 



H. S. HALU 



